Closure remover, particularly for corks used on sparkling beverage bottles



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CLOSUR E REMOVER, PARTICULARLY FOR CORKS USED-0N SPARKLING BEVERAGEBOTTLES 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec 21, 1955 Sept. 4, 1956 c.HECTORANTHYME HARDY 2,761,333

CLOSURE REMOVER, PARTICULARLY FOR CORKS USED ON SPARKLING BEVERAGEBOTTLES 4 Filed Dec. 21, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR CHARLES HECTORANTHYFI I I l I A.

United States Patent C CLOSURE REMOVER, PARTICULARLY FOR CORKS USED ONSPARKLING BEVERAGE BOTTLES Charles Hector-Anthyme Hardy, Brussels,Belgium Application December 21, 1953, Serial No. 399,513 Claimspriority, application Belgium March 24, 1953 3 Claims. (Cl. 81-3.38)

This invention relates to a closure remover for bottles of champagne andother sparkling beverages which are closed by a cork with a bulging headwhich may be integral with the cork or may be fastened thereon.

It is an object of this invention to provide an instrument of this kindwhich is of simple design and easily handled and which holds the corkunder film control as long as the instrument is in'position on thebottle and still does not indent or twist the cork nor does it stir upthe beverage.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a closure removerwhich can be used with bottles of different size.

In the drawings aflixed to this specification and'forming part thereofan embodiment of the invention is illustrated diagrammatically by way ofexample.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the entire instrument.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the main body and part of the liftingmechanism.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lifting head.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a jaw adjusting disc.

Fig. 5 shows the jaw controlling spindle, and

Fig. 6 shows the two jaws that grip the cork.

Fig. 7 is an auxiliary part.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the device on a flanged bottle whilegripping the cork for extraction.

Referring to the drawings and first to Fig. 1, the stirrup shaped part 1forms the main body of the closure remover. The neck 2 ends in a ringflange 3 which is gripped from below by the inwardly directed hooks 4 ofthe handle 5.

Through a vertical bore of the neck extends the lifting screw 6 which isseparated from the threaded lower end 8 by a smooth part 7. The threadedend 8 enters a threaded hole 40 in the plane top face 10 of the head(Fig. 3) which is formed with two slanting faces 11 adjacent to theplane face 10, two plane bottom faces 12 and two parallel legs 13perforated at 14. The lower end 8 of the screw 6 can be secured in thehole 40 of the head by means of a pin 15 which enters perforations 15and 15 The top faces 4 of the hooks 4 of the handle embrace the flange 3and are connected by a plane face 4 so as to afford a large contactsurface for the flange. The hooks 4 allow the handle 5 to be easilyrotated which can thus exert according to the operators will a staticaction and also a compressive action besides the normal lifting actionof the mechanism.

An axle 16 with its ends 17 threaded in opposite senses carries a disc19 which, when the axle is in its position in the perforations 14 of thelegs 13 of the head (Fig. 3) is inserted between the legs. The jaws 20are mounted on the threaded ends 17 of the axle 16. Their plane tops 21cooperate with the bottom planes 12 to prevent thejaws from rotatingduring their displacement along the axle 16 and to keep the jaws 20correctly in their vertical and parallel positions.

The stirrup-shaped body 1 ends in an open casing 22 Patented Sept. '4,1956 2- formed with a ledge 23 on top and another ledge 24 at thebottom. The top ledge 23 rests on the top of the bottle neck, while theledge 24 extends below it. This casing is open in order to be able to beplaced sideways on the bottle without the necessity of any movingmember.

Fig. 7 shows a small insert 25 which can be inserted between the twoledges 23 and 24 in case where a bottle with a smaller neck shall beopened. A set of inserts of this kind and of different diameters can beprovided for this purpose.

In order to keep the lifting mechanism within the planes of the two arms1, the bolt 6-7-8 is preferably formed with two lateral grooves 26 inwhich projecting parts (not shown) on the neck 2 of the stirrup body 1can engage. Consequently the whole lifting mechanism can move upwardsand downwards without, however, turning. In this way any torsionaleffect on the cork is prevented.

The axle 16 is also formed with grooves 27 into which project lugs 28provided inside the disc 19.

When opening a bottle, the instrument is placed onto the bottle neckwith the ledge 23 resting on the top of the neck, the ledge 24- beingbelow it. After having lowered the jaws 20 as far as possible and openedit entirely, the disc 19 is rotated in order to move the jaws inside andto grip the head of the cork by means of their curved faces 29. Thebottom edges of the jaws 20 are chamfered in order to facilitate thegliding of the piece on the upper board of the bottle.

By turning the handle 5 the threaded bolt 6 is lifted and the unitconstituted by the pieces 9, 16, 19 and 20 is forcibly lifted, carryingalong the cork which is gripped by the jaws 20. In this way the cork isgradually withdrawn from the bottle.

An important advantage is obtained by the fact that the person handlingthe closure remover has a constant and absolute control of the corkwhile the bottle is being opened, even in the case where the closureremover is left on the bottle.

The instrument is composed of a small number of pieces which can easilybe assembled.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to thedetails described in the foregoing specification and shown in thedrawings for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in theart.

I claim:

1. A closure remover for corks with an outwardly bulging head,comprising a stirrup-shaped body comprising a pair of stirrup arms, anintermediate portion joining the arms and having a bore therethrough, ascrew spindle extending through said bore, a handle and means on saidhandle for keeping said handle in mesh with said screw spindle and athreaded bore in said handle fitting on said screw spindle, an axle withits ends threaded in opposite sense, said axle being supported by saidspindle for rotation at right angles to the spindle axis, a pair ofcooperative jaws engaging in the threads at the ends of said axle andmeans for rotating said axle to vary the distance between the jaws, andtwo ledges in superposition being provided at the free ends of saidstirrup arms.

2. A closure remover for corks with an outwardly bulging head,comprising a stirrup-shaped body comprising a pair of stirrup arms, anintermediate portion joining the arms and having a bore therethrough, ascrew spindle extending through said bore, a handle and means on saidhandle for keeping said handle in mesh with said screw spindle and athreaded bore in said handle fitting on said screw spindle, a headbetween the stirrup arms, two legs on said head and a disc between saidlegs, an axle with its ends threaded in opposite sense extending throughholes in said disc and said legs, and cooperative jaws 0nSaid-threfiedax-l ends and two ledges in superposition being proyideciat thevfree. ends 10f said. stirrup. arms.

3. The device of claim 1, in which a flange surrounds the top of thebody and said" means on said handle comprise hooks-td embraeesaid flnge;

UNITED STATES PATENTS Davis Apr. 1'5, 1897 Livingood Dec. 25, 1900Murray Jan. 15, 1918 Roberts Dec. 22, 1942 Oserowsky Sept. 2811948

